Sedimentary facies and stratigraphy of a last interglacial coastal barrier in south Brazil

Marine Geology

Volumn 244, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 33-45

  Tomazelli, Luiz J ^a   Dillenburg, Sérgio R ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

barrier shorelines; beach sedimentary structures; last interglacial shorelines; prograding shorelines; sea level change

Indexed keywords

BARRIER SHORELINES; BEACH SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURES; INTERGLACIAL SHORELINES; PROGRADATION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; STRATIGRAPHY;

COASTAL ZONES;

BARRIER ISLAND; BEACH MORPHOLOGY; COASTAL PLAIN; COASTAL SEDIMENT; DUNE; FACIES ANALYSIS; INTERGLACIAL; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; MARINE SEDIMENT; PALEOCURRENT; PROGRADATION; REGRESSION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; SHORELINE;

BRAZIL; RIO GRANDE DO SUL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 34548516362     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2007.06.002     Document Type: Article

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